Claim · #6492779
Glomus mosseae · mutualism · Zea mays
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“major effect of G. mosseae on root growth of a maize mutant”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press (Elsevier)
- Page
- 82
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“AM fungi (now Funneliformis mosseae) colonizing maize and stimulating lateral root growth and P uptake in low-P conditions is well-documented, and the lrt-1 mutant rescue experiment is biologically consistent.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Glomus mosseae (AMF) colonizing Zea mays and stimulating lateral root growth and P uptake in low-P conditions is well-documented mycorrhizal biology; lrt-1 mutant studies are established in maize AMF research.”
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